The Story of the 10th Mountain Division
Enjoy this award winning film, then join staff at the Wood River Museum of History + Culture for a reception and to view the Wall of Honor installation created for Veterans Day.
Thursday, November 14, 2024
5:30pm – 7:00pm
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FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN celebrates the United State’s indomitable snowmen, the men of the 10th Mountain Division, America’s only mountain and winter warfare troops.
This award winning film is an emotional portrait of the mountain warriors’ creation, grueling training, daring World War II exploits, then focuses on their next 50 years. United by their love of the mountains, the 10th attracted championship skiers & mountaineers.
Their first battle was the spectacular night climb of Italy’s Apennine Riva Ridge where they surprised the Germans on top. That led to a push that ended World War II a week earlier in Italy than the rest of Europe. After the war, they pioneered the United States’ infant ski industry and became the backbone of its outdoor education and conservation movements. Veterans of the 10th Mountain Division include many familiar names and faces from Sun Valley in the 1930s as well as after the war:
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN comes full circle as it follows members of the 10th Mountain Division on their 1995 re-climb of Riva Ridge. Again, the Germans were waiting on top, but; this time, veterans from the United States, Austria, Germany and Italy, now members of the International Federation of Mountain Soldiers, celebrated a coming together of old foes turned friends and renewed their pledge for world peace.
“Bracing exploits, hearty outdoorsmen powerfully captured on film!” – New York Times
”Among the best documentaries about skiing ever filmed!” – Snow Country Magazine
